Accents - which do you love and hate?

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Anonymous wrote:Dislike Liverpool accents

Same here. Not a fan of Geordie/New Castle accents either.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it okay to say you hate the accents of people from certain regions? What else would it be okay to say you hate about a person based on the part of the world that they are from?

We're not saying we hate those people. Settle down, Frances.

Huh. So would it be okay to say you didn't like the way they dress? Or the holidays they celebrate? Their religion?

At what point are you in fact actually saying that you don't like those people? Can you tell?

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Anonymous wrote:Love any kind of British- Irish, English, Scottish.

HATE HATE HATE Australian.

Irish is NOT British

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Love anything East-European.... Russian, Czech, Polish, etc. so sexy!!!! I also adore eastern African, like Ugandan, Tanzanian, or Kenyan. I can't stand Afrikaaner accents, through. Same as southern accents, like the deep south Louisiana accents. Gives me the creeps.

A nice strong Minnesotan or Canadian accent just sounds like home.

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HATE Minnesotan or Canadian accents, along with Indian accents. Yuck.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like Maryland, Delaware, Philadelphia, South Jersey accents, or Pittsburgh. really dislike Pittsburgh. Dislike New Hampshire accent, as well. Southern accents are charming!

I hate Southern accents. Annoying and they take forever. I don't love Midwestern accents either.

I'm neutral on most English accents -- interesting at first but after a while they annoy me. Same with Indian accents.

I love Scottish, Irish, Welsh, Australian, New Zealand, and South African accents. The cantor at my synagogue when I was a kid was from South Africa, and I always enjoyed listening to him talk during bat mitzvah prep!

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The South African accent with the trills is the one that drives me crazy.

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LOVE the Manchester accent (think Coronation Street). Also the Canadian accent, subtle yet so recognizable. Not a fan of the Southern drawl.

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I don't care for the accent around her where they say Merlin for Maryland and perrrents for parents. And the Bronx accent

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Love a southern accent and an English one. Irish and Scottish accents are cute, as is French and Italian.

Californian one is slightly grating.

Really cannot abide Midwestern accents, Canadian, Liverpool, Indian, and the worst of all, Australian.

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Generally like English accents, but I'm an Anglophile anyway. Australian accents tend to bug me.

Long Island/Queens/Bronx accents fascinate me but also make me cringe. My mom's originally from L.I. and sometimes words creep out, but she's mostly lost that accent (very much on purpose).

Boston low class: yuck

Southern accents: they are bearable if they're genteel, beyond horrible if they are low class. I immediately think of the KKK and attack dogs lunging.

Upstate NY accents: that's where my dad's from and the people sound... how can I say this delicately... cognitively impaired. Would ya like some chaclate melk? Would you like popsi, diet popsi, or aarange? I'm gonna jump aaf the dack now. Yikes.

I'm an Army brat and have lived all over. I don't really have an accent.

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Anonymous wrote:Loved true Boston Brahmin, but it is dying out. My neighbor growing up had it and it was sheer pleasure to listen to him talk. He was a High School history teacher at Boston Latin many many moons ago.

There are a few southern accents that I love too- If you have upper elementary school children pick up the audio version of "Love, Ruby Lavender" - those are fun. I like some of the New Orleans accents. I am partial to rural southwest Virginia too- some are really interesting to listen.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't like Maryland, Delaware, Philadelphia, South Jersey accents, or Pittsburgh. really dislike Pittsburgh. Dislike New Hampshire accent, as well. Southern accents are charming!

I hate Southern accents. Annoying and they take forever. I don't love Midwestern accents either.

I'm neutral on most English accents -- interesting at first but after a while they annoy me. Same with Indian accents.

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I love Scottish, Irish, Welsh, Australian, New Zealand, and South African accents. The cantor at my synagogue when I was a kid was from South Africa, and I always enjoyed listening to him talk during bat mitzvah prep!

[Anonymous]

So basically y'all don't like minority accents but are generally good with caucasean ones.

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Anonymous wrote:So basically y'all don't like minority accents but are generally good with caucasean ones.

Where are you reading that?